Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downsit on one's heels“In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”, “The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm”
(v)hunker downhold stubbornly to a position“The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down”